Anybody Else Notice Discounted Cycyling in Vendor Forum Was Wiped Out??

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  1. mtnbikej

    mtnbikej Well-Known Member

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    Just noticed that in the Vendor Forum, Discounted Cycling has Zero posts. :-k

    Looks as though maybe his track record finally caught up to him. #-o

    Doesn't say he is banned, but all the posts he had made for stuff for sale disappeared.

    http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/discounted-cycling/
     
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    What was his "track record"?

    And yea, I noticed it today while looking for that socks thread.
     
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    The drama that went round and round in the thread that you were looking for.
     
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    denmother Gone riding....

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    I checked all the threads, he deleted them himself.

    Thread deleted by Cycle
    Reason old out of date deals
     
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    Bonsainut Was ich nicht weiß...

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    His thread about threads has become unraveled :)
     
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    Now all I have to do is get my money back from him for the socks i never received!!! To bad there are people out there like that.
     
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    Geez did I get ripped off or what???? I placed an order with him for a pound of socks and that was on dec 15 and as of yet I have received no socks!! i am going to dispute the paypal transaction and try to spread the word on here for buyers to beware!! can you please help me to let others know that for me thus far this was a scam i never received my merchandise. HAS ANYONE ELSE ORDERED SOCKS FROM THIS GUY AND GOT RIPPED OFF? PLEASE LET ME KNOW?
     
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    This sucks, I paid for socks 7 weeks ago and was still hoping this guy would send me some socks... Cycle, if you read this, PM me if you're still planning to make good on your promises. I've already bought a pound of socks from you and that deal went well.

    -ilya
     
  9. J_Sims

    J_Sims tattooed scumbag !!!

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    ordered sox and received more that i originally ordered. took a little longer than originally expected but other than that all is well
     
  10. ridetillitburns

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    I just read the posts today I never noticed that there was any reason not to buy from this guy why didn't anybody say anything sooner??? How should we that got ripped off try to get our money back and resolve this? please send me suggestions...Thanks
     
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    F.A.D. POWERED BY MUSUBIS

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    I guess that Discounted cycling was the DRIVE THRU of internet stores. Sometimes you get what you ordered, and sometimes you get something totally different than what you ordered, or sometimes you just get f'd.......
     
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    This is what he posted as his reason on the deleted threads about the socks:

    all socks have been delivered and not selling anymore items

    If anyone did not get what they ordered from him and he does not respond to your inquiries, I would file a dispute with Paypal.
     
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    Ummm... There were weeks and weeks of posts about this guy and his lack of follow through. People did say something sooner. And then later. :lol:
     
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    I never saw the posts oh well can the moderators of this site ban him from tis site?
     
  16. M.C. Gong

    M.C. Gong I am the motor

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    Order some socks, took about a month to get them. Never responded to my PM's or emails. In the end, it was a good deal and he came through even though there were major communication issues. Maybe he'll come back as another vendor.

    Just curious, do the moderators of this site review and approve any vendors that come on? I know many other forums where vendors need to get approval before they can start advertising/selling.
     
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    Already filed my dispute with Pay Pal 2 weeks ago. Figured that after 10 days and not getting what I ordered that it was a scam. Seems he made sure a few people got there orders so that he would build confidence in others so he could rip them off.
     
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    Moderators do not. The site owner (lbmtb) does. We've discussed the situation with this vendor and I'll leave it at that. I don't think he will stand for members getting hosed by vendors.
     
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    BTW, with the discountedcycling.com deal, just because you received your order doesn't mean you weren't scammed.

    It's quite possible that this person set up this business as a means of acquiring credit card data.

    See further down in this article:
    http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-bud...bb-creditcards
     
  20. mtnbikej

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    Problem with that, is that all he did was provide an email address to use via Paypal. He didn't send an invoice from Paypal for the funds. So if that is the case, he didn't recieve any info in regards to your account.....only name and address......Credit Card numbers are not sent to the recipient when you pay via Paypal.
     

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